“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
—Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part III

In industrial manufacturing, quality failures carry consequences far beyond the factory floor. A single defect can trigger warranty claims, production downtime for customers, costly recalls, and long-term damage to brand reputation.

The healthcare technology management (HTM) industry is facing a looming labor shortage and must attract enough skilled professionals to meet future demand.

The vision system scanned the part and logged a pass. The SPC chart stayed inside its control limits. The line kept moving.

When a CEO tells me they wish their employees were more capable of “self-organizing,” I usually ask what exactly that means.

Every industry has blind spots. Sometimes the problem is not a lack of expertise, or even information, but of connection.

Theodore Roosevelt skinny-dipped in the Potomac River, owned a pet hyena, boxed in the White House, and reportedly drank a gallon of coffee a day (a legend that inspired Maxwell House to attribute the phrase “good to the last drop” to him).

The next advantage in business will come from leaders who can manage machine labor as deliberately as they manage people. Professor Ethan Mollick at Wharton fram

During times of excessive work and crisis, something has to give. Sometimes brutal prioritization is the only way to make it through those challenging times with your sanity intact.

With ISO 9001:2026 just around the corner, the topic of internal auditing is likely on the minds of many quality professionals.